Shonen Kokuhei

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Last updated on 14 September 2020.

Movie (1936)
Japanese title : 少年航空兵
French title : Jeunes aviateurs de la Marine
English title : Youth Aviation Seamen

Starring:
Chishu Ryu (The Instructor)
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(Synopsis needed)

Yokosuka K5Y1

First seen on floats :

Later on wheels :

Nakajima E4N

Nakajima E4N named Type 90-2 Reconnaissance Seaplane by Japanese Navy.

Wingtip near a row of engine with various propeller on the wall : instructional room ? museum ?

Nakajima E4N or its successor Nakajima E8N ?

Yokosuka K2Y

Star of the movie, this Yokosuka K2Y serial カ-469 (KA-469)

This indigenous derivative of the Avro 504 is seen several times with various serial :
for example ヨ-601 (YO-601) doing aerobatics.

Nakajima E2N and Various Yokosuka Floatplane

1 : probably Type 15 Reconnaissance Seaplane (alias Nakajima E2N1)
2 : Yokosho (Yokosuka) K5Y2
3 : next to it a Type 14 Reconnaissance Seaplane or Yokosho (Yokosuka) E1Y2
4 : Yokosho (Yokosuka) K1Y2.
5 : All the seaplanes in the back and on the seashore are probably Navy Type 90 Training Seaplanes or Yokosho (Yokosuka) K4Y1.

Yokosuka K4Y

Kawanishi H3K

Nakajima A2N

Unidentified Aircraft

Reg. J-BB(DA ?) General Aircraft Monospar ST-4 ?

Ishikawajima R-2

Reg. J-BEGB Ishikawajima R-2 c/n 3.
Only the three (?) prototypes of this trainer were built.

De Havilland DH80A Puss Moth

Reg. J-BAWA De Havilland DH80A Puss Moth c/n 2128 built in March 1931

With a Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel in the background.

Ishikawajima T-3

Ishikawajima T-3 c/n 3, J-BBCA built in 1928. The type was an experimental reconnaissance aircraft that failed to win in an Army competition of 1928. Ishikawajima eventually sold it in 1932 to Asahi as the 58th aircraft in the newspaper fleet after modifying it into a communication aircraft for civilian use.